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The Work Of Nature In The Months.
THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS .
BY BRO . KEY . W . TEBBS . VIII . FEBRUARY . " All tliis uniform uncolour'd scene Shall be dismantled of its fleecy toad ,
And flush into variety again . From dearth to plenty , and from death to life , Is Nature ' s progress , when she lectures mau In heavenly truth ; evincing , as she makes The grand transition , that there lives aud works A soul in all things , aud that soul is God . The beauties of the wilderness are His , That make so gay the solitary place ,
Where no eye sees them . And the fairer forms , That cultivation glories iu , are His . He sets tho bright procession on its way , And inarshalls all the order of the year ; He marks the hounds , which Winter may not pass . And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case , Russet and rude , folds up the tender germe , Uninjured , with inimitable art ; And , ere one flowery season fades aud dies , Designs the blooming wonders of the next . '
C ONSOLING thought—that , as certainly as Life contains within itself the entity of Death , so certainly does Death enwrap the germ of Life . A vivified Hope is this Faith of a smiling future of Life that softens the asperity of the frowning resting-place of Death ; and , as with immaterial f things , so with material , it is this certainty of the future beauties of spring that makes us hear contentedly ancl cheerfully the rigours of Winter ; for we know that Spring will as surely follow Winter , as
the seed will expand and burst with the life that is in it—so assured are we , by faith , of the certain fulfilment of the promises of our Heavenly Father contained in the Volume of the Sacred Law ;—so sure have we been made , by long experience , of the carrying out of the Creator ' s principle , implanted at the first in every herb of the field , of its containing " its seed within itself . " What mighty lessons are here taught us of the necessity of watching the growth of intellect ancl bent of inclination of the youthful mind , that we may watch for the first indications of the germ within , ancl watching it , observantly foster ancl tend its growth ; for who knows what sort of soul may he inclosed in that tiny infant form 1—
" How many a mighty mind is shut Within a tameless germ ; The huge oak lies in the acorn nut , And the richest regal robes are cut From the web of a dusky worm . The river rolls with its fleet of ships On its full and swelling tide ,
But its far-off fountain creeps and drips -b ' roin a chiuklet ' s dank and mossy lips That a pebble and dock-leaf hide . The thoughtless word from a jesting breath May tall on a list ' ning ear , And draw the soul from its rusty sheath To work and win the rarest wreath That mortal brow can wear .
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The Work Of Nature In The Months.
THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS .
BY BRO . KEY . W . TEBBS . VIII . FEBRUARY . " All tliis uniform uncolour'd scene Shall be dismantled of its fleecy toad ,
And flush into variety again . From dearth to plenty , and from death to life , Is Nature ' s progress , when she lectures mau In heavenly truth ; evincing , as she makes The grand transition , that there lives aud works A soul in all things , aud that soul is God . The beauties of the wilderness are His , That make so gay the solitary place ,
Where no eye sees them . And the fairer forms , That cultivation glories iu , are His . He sets tho bright procession on its way , And inarshalls all the order of the year ; He marks the hounds , which Winter may not pass . And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case , Russet and rude , folds up the tender germe , Uninjured , with inimitable art ; And , ere one flowery season fades aud dies , Designs the blooming wonders of the next . '
C ONSOLING thought—that , as certainly as Life contains within itself the entity of Death , so certainly does Death enwrap the germ of Life . A vivified Hope is this Faith of a smiling future of Life that softens the asperity of the frowning resting-place of Death ; and , as with immaterial f things , so with material , it is this certainty of the future beauties of spring that makes us hear contentedly ancl cheerfully the rigours of Winter ; for we know that Spring will as surely follow Winter , as
the seed will expand and burst with the life that is in it—so assured are we , by faith , of the certain fulfilment of the promises of our Heavenly Father contained in the Volume of the Sacred Law ;—so sure have we been made , by long experience , of the carrying out of the Creator ' s principle , implanted at the first in every herb of the field , of its containing " its seed within itself . " What mighty lessons are here taught us of the necessity of watching the growth of intellect ancl bent of inclination of the youthful mind , that we may watch for the first indications of the germ within , ancl watching it , observantly foster ancl tend its growth ; for who knows what sort of soul may he inclosed in that tiny infant form 1—
" How many a mighty mind is shut Within a tameless germ ; The huge oak lies in the acorn nut , And the richest regal robes are cut From the web of a dusky worm . The river rolls with its fleet of ships On its full and swelling tide ,
But its far-off fountain creeps and drips -b ' roin a chiuklet ' s dank and mossy lips That a pebble and dock-leaf hide . The thoughtless word from a jesting breath May tall on a list ' ning ear , And draw the soul from its rusty sheath To work and win the rarest wreath That mortal brow can wear .